New Zealand Black Sox Tour

June 3rd, 2009

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Black Sox Tour

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

New Zealand will arrive in Ontario Sunday evening June 28th and depart
Monday July 13th for ISF World Series in Saskatoon.

Wed. July 1, 7:00 p.m. Drayton , Ontario Canada Day and Mapleton
Township 10th Anniversary event – New Zealand Black Sox vs South Perth
All-Stars

Thursday July 2 to Sunday July 5 – World Fastball Invitational,
Monkton, Ontario

Tuesday July 7, Woodside Park Kitchener
7:00 pm New Zealand vs Bridgeport Braves
9:00 pm New Zealand vs Kitchener Cubs

Thursday July 9, 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm New Zealand vs Owen Sound Selects

Saturday July 11 and Sunday July 12 – 4 team invitational round robin
tournament – Tavistock, Ontario ( includes New Zealand, St.Thomas,
Jarvis and Sebringville Sting )

If you have additional exhibition games scheduled in your community, please let us know at fastball@pmihrm.com

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Argentina National Fastpitch Softball Team competes in Midland and Munger Michigan

June 3rd, 2009

From The Saginaw News on:


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Argentina National Fastpitch Softball Team competes in Midland and Munger
by The Saginaw News

The Argentina National Fastpitch Softball Team will make a return engagement to Michigan, visiting Munger and Midland beginning Thursday, June 11.

Last year, Argentina beat Munger, 9-2, in an exhibition game. The rematch is 7 p.m., Thursday, June 11, at the Munger Volunteer Fireman field. Admission and parking are free for all fans.
The Argentina team is touring Ontario and Michigan beginning on June 5th in preparation for the 2009 International Softball Federation World Championship that will be held during July in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The team is one of the highest ranked National teams in the world.

The Argentina team will also be play in the Boulevard Lounge Tournament at Midland’s Emerson Park the weekend of June 12th.

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Who’s #1 in ISC II?

June 3rd, 2009


See our brother blog The Deuce for the latest set of ISC II rankings. Find out who moved up 13 spots to #3 and who dropped out of the top 10.

Editor’s note: We won’t give away the answer, but we will tell you that California has a team in the top 10, and that the “West” has two!

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A Player’s Eye View of Best of the West

June 1st, 2009

I ran across this post on the blog of Kevin Nishinaga, who was picked up by the Bay Area (Team Pape) Pirates to play in the Best of the West tournament over the weekend. Kevin had signed on to get our Twitter feeds, and I discovered his blog. I think you will enjoy it, as I did, and perhaps recall that feeling you got when invited to travel out of town and play in your first tournament at the “next” level.

Click here to view the original blog post, dubbed “Real Pitchers”. The blog is “The Chronicles of Nishiro”

REAL pitchers

I went to my first softball tournament of 2009 this weekend, in Santa Barbara. Turns out it was a really high-level tournament, almost out of my league. This was the Best of the West tourney , featuring some of the top teams in the Western US. The pitching was amazing.

The team that picked me up for the weekend, the Bay Area Pirates:
I’ve been playing with and against a lot of these guys in Hayward and in travel league, so they picked me up as an extra player for this weekend. Another guy they picked up just for the weekend was BJ Hunhoff, a 20-yr-old out of South Dakota. He’s a nephew of one of our other pitchers (who couldn’t make it out this weekend due to a work emergency), and he pitched for Team USA in 2007 (maybe currently as well?).

Our first game, we played the Black Sox of Long Beach, and won 8-0. I was the designated runner. It’s a special rule in fastpitch, where a single player is allowed to pinch-run once EVERY INNING. It’s a pretty cool position, cuz I get to steal and run the bases a lot. I’d rather play in the field and hit, but DR is the next best thing for sure. I stole 2 bases and scored like 3 runs in game 1. [edit] Our catcher Ricky was HOT with the bat, so I kinda turned into his personal baserunner this weekend. [end edit]

Second game, I DRed again, against the Columbia River Rockers (out of Portland) and we won again 9-0. BJ no-hit them. That was kind of ridiculous, cuz they’re a good team, I think.

Third game, I got to play the field against Santa Cecelia from Mexico. the manager told me that the pitcher had a good down ball, which would play into my strengths (slap ground balls and beat them out), but he didn’t tell me that the pitcher was ex-Mexican national team pitcher Panfilo Valdez. That guy’s up and down movement was ridiculous. I struck out 3x (couldn’t even get close on bunt attempts), and we got shut out. We lost on 2 unearned runs. I got to make 2 plays at short.

But overall, day 1 was great. we scored 17 runs and only gave up 2 in our 2-1 day, so we picked up the #2 seed in the day 2 single elimination bracket. Great showing for a team making its first appearance at a big tournament like this.

Day 2 was exciting the whole way. We faced the Black Sox again in the first game, and won a nailbiter. They got ahead early, but we battled back to pull ahead with 2 dramatic solo home runs in the late innings by Josh and Ryan, and we won 6-5. I was 1 for 2 in stolen base attempts (DRed again).

In the second game of Day 2, we faced Innovative Communications of Utah, and we got down early again, but we battled back to tie, and were tied when time ran out (90 mins), so we went into the International Tiebreaker rules (start extra innings with runner on second base). Unfortunately BJ had to catch his flight home to SD, so we had to pitch our second pitcher Keith (who was quite good). Keith pitched well, and Jabari threw out the lead run at the plate, but eventually some minor miscues led to a 4-run inning for Innovative, and we lost 8-5. I was unable to steal any bases in this game because the catcher was an ex-minor league baseball player and had a rocket arm.

All in all, we were very happy with our showing in the tournament. Due to scheduling miscues, the champion was crowned in a really awkward way — only 1 out of the top 4 remaining teams was able to stay (the rest had to catch flights home to Utah, Colorado, and Oregon), so Taylor Farms of California was declared the champion.

It was a great experience, to see some of the best pitchers in the world, live. Got to watch Jeremy Manley do his thing. Hopefully someday soon I’ll be able to compete at that level. Until then, I’ll keep plugging away in rec league.

Kevin also has a good size set of photos posted on his facebook page, including this one of young Kevin himself.

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Currie Stadium in Midland – “the best fastball stadium in North America.”

June 1st, 2009

A compliment of the highest order from Al Doran of Al’s Fastball


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(Al Doran’s) Weekend Blog June 16, 2009-06-16

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Weekend Blog June 16, 2009-06-16

Well we are a day late and a dollar short, well maybe more than a dollar short, we made a side trip in to Birch Run near Frankenmuth on the return trip from Midland Michigan on Monday. You don’t drive into the second largest outlet mall in the world and get away with only spending a dollar, not in this family. But that is only part of the fun of making the annual trip to Midland for the Explorer’s Boulevard Lounge Tournament.

While on the topic of Birch Run, which is near Frankenmuth, they are hosting the ISC Development tournament there coming up soon, July 10-12 at Heritage Park in Frankenmuth, MI. Both age groups will be there. “We would like to have more American teams enter. I am not sure if the under 23 players stick together or not, but we would like to see more of them, too. We have a team from Wisconsin, Illinois, Newmarket, Munger and Frankenmuth lined up so far for the 23’s, and 8 Canadian and two American teams for the under 19. If there are individuals that would like to come and play from anywhere, we would probably find a spot on a team for them too.” tomstasik@gmail.com

We had a simply great time in Midland this year. The ball was great, the weather was outstanding, and made fools of the weatherman on more than one occasion. I have said it before; Currie Stadium in Emerson Park in Midland, MI is the best fastball stadium in North America. This year’s tournament served dual purposes, it was one of the best Explorer tournaments in years and representatives from the ISC saw the complex and the city in action.
ISC Executive Director Ken Hackmeister and ISC Vice President Larry Fisher were on hand to inspect the facilities and to meet with the 2010 host tournament committee. See the article from the Midland Daily News (good article by John Kennett)
ISC leader likes what he sees in Midland

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2009 Best of the West Complete Scoreboard

May 31st, 2009

Have any info that is missing from this report? Please email to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com.

Saturday May 30

Game 1 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 8:30 AM
Taylor Farms Athletics vs. Pueblo Bandits
Bandits 2, Taylor Farms1
WP-Manley
LP-Drotzmann
Manley struck out 14 and had the game winning triple in the last inning. Shawn Vanduvall homered and Nick Santos was 1-2 with the other RBI

Game 2 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 8:30 AM
CR Rockers Vs Rude Pac
Portland Rockers4, Rude Pac 2
WP-Mark Bennett, in relief of Lee Cose
LP-Doug Sleep, with relief from Gerald Pyle in the last inning
Rob Penticoff was 2-2 with 2 RBI. Ricky Martin was 2-3 with 2 RBI

Game 3 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8:30 AM
SoCal Tribes Vs Silver Hawks
Silverhawks4, So Cal Tribes 0
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Sonny Perkins
Sean Barker was 2-3 while Chris McGehee drove in a run.

Game 4 @ Pershing Park – 8:30 AM
Tri-County Vs Coyotes
Tri County 10, Coyotes 7
WP-Rodgers
LP-Smalling

Game 5 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 10:15 AM
Santa Cecelia Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications 5
Santa Cecelia 3
WP-Webb
LP-Valdez

Game 6 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 10:15 AM
Black Sox Vs Team Pape Pirates
Pirates 7, Black Sox 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff
LP-Randy Clay
HR- none
BJ Hunhoff went the distance, a 3 hit, 5 strikeout shutouf.

Game 7 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 10:15 AM
Maccabi USAVs Young Bucks
Young Bucks 7, Maccabi 6
LP-Rockwood, in relief of Glucksman
Eric Smalling of the Young Bucks with game winning walk off triple

Game 8 @ Pershing Park – 10:15 AM
Hostilez Vs Tri-County
Hostilez 7, Tri County 6
WP-n/a
LP-n/a

Game 9 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 12:00 Noon
Santa Cecilia Vs Pueblo Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 1, Santa Cecelia 0, 9 innings
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez

Game 10 @ Elings Park – Field 2 – 12:00Noon
Black Sox vs Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 6, Black Sox 2
WP-Mike Egerdeen
LP-Ron Rupp (8 K’s in the losss)
HR-none
Jason Porto had two doubles.

Game 11 @ Elings Park – Field 3 – 12:00Noon
Maccabi USAVs SoCal Tribes
So Cal Tribes 3, Maccabi USA 1
WP-Sonny Perkins
LP-Dave Blackburn
HR-Nordie (Tribes).
The Tribes led the entire game, with Maccabi’s run coming in the 5th. They threatened in the final inning, but the game ended on a line drive out off the bat of Cory Angel, with the bases loaded, caught by the Tribes shortstop.

Game 12 @ Pershing Park – 12:00 Noon
Silver Hawks Vs Hostilez
Hostilez 7, Silverhawks 6
WP-Anthony Loza
LP-Todd Winkworth
Jason Caragoza 3-4 with 2 RBI.

Game 13 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 1:45 PM
Team Pape Pirates Vs CR Rockers
Team Pape Bay Area Pirates 9, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-BJ Hunhoff ** no-hitter **
LP-Mark Bennett

Game 14 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 1:45 PM
Rude Pac Vs Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 6, Rude Pac 5
WP-Steve Morgan
LP-Matt Barnes

Game 15 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 1:45 PM
Young Bucks Vs Coyotes
Coyotes 7, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 5
WP-Will Oldham
LP-Ceclio Smalling
HR-Jacob Venzer (to lead off the game)
Coyotes Will Oldham was 3-3, with 5 RBI; Buddy Armijo was also 3-3, as was Jacob Venzer. The Coyotes George Valdivia and Rudy Soriano were 1-2 with a walk a piece.

Game 16 @ Pershing Park – 1:45 PM
Silver Hawks Vs Tri-County
Bakersfield Silverhawks 12, Tri County 1
WP-Todd Winkworth
LP-Jeremy Rodgers

Game 17 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 3:30 PM
CR Rockers Vs Bandits
Pueblo Bandits 4, Portland CR Rockers 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-n/a

Game 18 @ Elings Park Field 2 – 3:30 PM
Taylor Farms Athletics Vs Innovative Communications
Taylor Farms California Athletics 4, Innovative Communications, UT 1
WP-Travis Price
LP-Randy Frame

Game 19 @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3:30 PM
Rude Pac vs Black Sox
Rude Pac 1, LB Black Sox 0
WP-Ed Gaspar
LP-Todd Budke

Game 20 @ Pershing Park – 3:30 PM
Maccabi USAVs Hostilez
Maccabi USA 9, Hostilez 8,
WP-Bob Rockwood
LP-Howie Diaz
Maccabi led 4-1, was overcome by 7 runs in the 6th, and then down 8-4 going into the final inning, rallied for five of their own, including three on Jason Gluckman’s dramatic 3 run walk off home run.

Game 21 @ Elings Park Field 1 – 5:15 PM
Santa Cecelia Vs Team Pape Pirates
Santa Cecelia, Mexical, Mexico 2, Bay Area Team Pape Pirates 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Keith Frey (BJ Hunhoff relieved in 6th)

Game 22 @ Pershing Park – 5:15 PM
So CalTribes Vs Coyotes
So Cal Tribes 6, Beaumont Coyotes 1
WP-n/a
LP-Cecilio Smalling

Sunday Playoff Scoreboard
FIRST ROUND
Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 4th Place Vs 13th Place
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara
So Cal Tribes 6, Tri County Santa Barbara 1

Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 7th Place Vs 10th Place
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers
Portland CR Rockers 10, Hostilez 1
WP-Spud Barker
LP-n/a
Ryan Dailey hit an inside the park home run for Portland.

Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8th Place Vs 9th Place
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac
Mexicali 1, Rude Pac 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Doug Sleep

Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 6th Place Vs 11th Place
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA
Innovative Communications UT 4, Maccabi USA 2
WP-Ryan Webb
LP-Jason Gluckman
Jason Gluckman was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Tommy Gray hit a 2 run HR for Innovative
Innovative advances to the second round, while Maccabi is eliminated

Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 2nd Place Vs 15th Place
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox
Pirates beat the Black Sox

Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3rd Place Vs 14th Place
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks
Taylor Farms 4, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 0
WP-Dave Drotzmann, with relief from Mike Egerdeen
LP-n/a

Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 5th Place Vs 12th Place
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes
Bakersfield Silverhawks beat the Beaumont Coyotes

SECOND ROUND

Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Portland beat So Cal Tribes

Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2(Quarter-Final) W Game 27 Vs W Game 26
Bay Area Pirates v. Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 9, Bay Area Pirates 4
WP-Russ Chadwick in relief of Steve Morgan
LP-Keith Frey in relief of BJ Hunhoff
HR-Canyon Vance of Innovative; Ron Brannin (also for Innovative)
Canyon Vance 3 RBI.

Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 25
Pueblo Bandits 4, Mexicali 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez

Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Taylor Farms California Athletics 5, Bakersfield Silverhawks 1
WP-Mike Egerdeen, with Travis Price in relief
LP-Todd Winkworth
THIRD ROUND – SEMI-FINALS

Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Portland CR Rockers v. Innovative Communications, UT
Portland CR Rockers 9, Innovative Communications 2
WP-Lee Cose
LP-Randy Frame

Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Pueblo Bandits v. Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 7, Pueblo Bandits 0
(forfeit, Pueblo had to leave to catch flights)

2009 BEST OF THE WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35
Taylor Farms California Athletics 7, Portland CR Rockers 0
(forfeit, Portland had to catch flights)

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Taylor Farms California A’s are 2009 Best of West Champions

May 31st, 2009


In what might be the oddest ending to a tournament that I can recall in recent memory, Taylor Farms California Athletics were declared the winners of the 2009 Best of the West tournament Sunday in Santa Barbara, when the other three members of the “Final Four” could not stay for the championship game at 3pm, as they had to catch flights home.

Pueblo Colorado defeated Mexicali, 3-0 in a quarterfinal after earning the first round bye, but had to catch flights home, and could not stay to play Taylor Farms, in a scheduled 1:15pm slated semi-final.

Meanwhile, in the other bracket, Portland CR Rockers and Innovative Communications squared off in the other semi-final, with the winner to play Taylor Farms, who advanced to the championnship game by virtue of the forfeit win over Pueblo.

It got worse, though, when Portland CR Rockers (from Oregon) and Innovative Communications (from Utah) also had to catch flights home. They stayed to play their semi-final matchup (underway as we write this post), but Taylor Farms has already been crowned the 2009 Best of the West champion, with the second forfeit win of the day. Taylor Farms was 2-1 on Saturday and entered Sunday as the #3 seed out of 15 teams. They won their first two single elimination playoff games, a 4-0 win over the Santa Barbara Young Bucks in an 8am game, and a 5-0 win over the Bakersfield Silverhawks in an 11:30am quarterfinal.

Marcus Tan, the shortstop for Taylor Farms California Athletics (and newest member of Team USA), earned Most Valuable Player honors, while Jeremy Manley captured the Most Valuable Pitcher trophy. Manley had 48 strikeouts in 3 games on Saturday, and surrendered but one run all day yesterday. He capped that performance with another shutout win over Mexicali, his second shutout win over them in as many days.

We’ll catch up the details on the early games, but that’s a wrap from Santa Barbara, other than the outcome of the Portland v. Innovative semi-final game.

Update: Portland CR Rockers beat Innovative Communications of Utah in the tournament’s final game, 9-2 to determine the runner-up.

Taylor Farms California Athletics are the 2009 Best of the West champions, while Portland CR Rockers second and Innovative Communications third. The winning pitcher was Randy Frame, losing pitcher Lee Cose.

Odd ending, a little disappointing for fans looking forward to the championship game.

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Dodgers clinch ToC berth

May 31st, 2009


Not the LA Dodgers but the Lloydminster Dodgers. They’re heading to Rock Island, IL for the 2009 ISC II ToC, their 4th appearance in the last six years. For details on how they got there, see this post at our brother blog, The Deuce.

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Best of the West – Sunday Playoff Scoreboard

May 31st, 2009

Sunday morning in Santa Barbara. A little overcast with very light drizzle this morning, but that is often the case for California coastal towns. All 15 teams will begin the single elimination playoff round today, seeded according to their Saturday games.

No internet connection at the field, so postings will likely be light during the day, but we’ll have scores up before the day is out. I am working on a connection for a midday post, around 12:00 or 12:30pm PDT, to recap the morning scores, leading into the Final Four games, so if you are checking back and don’t find anymore updates on Twitter, that’s the best time to check.

We want to remind folks that we are also using our “Twitter” page. For those not familiar with Twitter, it is a website that permits very short postings by anyone, and allows those that wish to “follow” along to do so, from their computer or cell phone.

(click logo below to view our Twitter page)

If you are a fan following along, and speak with someone playing in the tournament by cell phone during the day, we invite you to post a quick note with any information you can, e.g. Team A is beating Team B, 2-1 in the 6th. Or for any fans in the stands, likewise, feel free to post updates. Let us know what you think about this addition to the coverage. Twitter seems well suited to the task.

Darren Strang reminded me that you need to register your phone number with twitter to allow txt message uploads.

Sunday Playoff Scoreboard

FIRST ROUND

Game 23 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – 4th Place Vs 13th Place
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara
So Cal Tribes 6, Tri County Santa Barbara 1

Game 24 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 7th Place Vs 10th Place
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers
Portland CR Rockers 10, Hostilez 1
WP-Spud Barker
LP-n/a
Ryan Dailey hit an inside the park home run for Portland.

Game 25 8:00 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 8th Place Vs 9th Place
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac
Mexicali 1, Rude Pac 0
WP-Panfilo Valdez
LP-Doug Sleep

Game 26 8:00 AM @ Pershing Park – 6th Place Vs 11th Place
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA
Innovative Communications UT 4, Maccabi USA 2
WP-Ryan Webb
LP-Jason Gluckman
Jason Gluckman was 2-3 with 2 RBI
Tommy Gray hit a 2 run HR for Innovative
Innovative advances to the second round, while Maccabi is eliminated

Game 27 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 2 – 2nd Place Vs 15th Place
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox
Pirates beat the Black Sox

Game 28 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 – 3rd Place Vs 14th Place
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks
Taylor Farms 4, Santa Barbara Young Bucks 0
WP-Dave Drotzmann, with relief from Mike Egerdeen
LP-n/a

Game 29 9:45 AM @ Pershing Park – 5th Place Vs 12th Place
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes
Bakersfield Silverhawks beat the Beaumont Coyotes

SECOND ROUND

Game 30 9:45 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 – (Quarterfinal) W Game 23 Vs W Game 24
Portland beat So Cal Tribes

Game 31 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 2(Quarter-Final) W Game 27 Vs W Game 26
Bay Area Pirates v. Innovative Communications
Innovative Communications, UT 9, Bay Area Pirates 4
WP-Russ Chadwick in relief of Steve Morgan
LP-Keith Frey in relief of BJ Hunhoff
HR-Canyon Vance of Innovative; Ron Brannin (also for Innovative)
Canyon Vance 3 RBI.

Game 32 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Quarter-Final) 1st Place Vs W Game 25
Pueblo Bandits 4, Mexicali 0
WP-Jeremy Manley
LP-Panfilo Valdez

Game 33 11:30 AM @ Elings Park Field 3 (Quarter-Final) W Game 28 Vs W Game 29
Taylor Farms California Athletics 5, Bakersfield Silverhawks 1
WP-Mike Egerdeen, with Travis Price in relief
LP-Todd Winkworth

THIRD ROUND – SEMI-FINALS

Game 34 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 2 (SemiFinals) W Game 30 Vs W Game 31
Portland CR Rockers v. Innovative Communications, UT
Portland CR Rockers 9, Innovative Communications 2
WP-Randy Frame
LP-Lee Cose

Game 35 1:15 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Semi-Finals) W Game 32 Vs W Game 33
Pueblo Bandits v. Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms 7, Pueblo Bandits 0
(forfeit, Pueblo had to leave to catch flights)

2009 BEST OF THE WEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Game 36 3:00 PM @ Elings Park Field 1 (Championship) W Game 34 vs W Game 35
Taylor Farms California Athletics 7, Portland CR Rockers 0
(forfeit, Portland had to catch flights)

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Best of the West – Saturday Order of Finish and Playoff Seeding

May 30th, 2009

Pueblo Bandits Edge out Bay Area Pirates for Top Seed at Best of the West

Here is Saturday’s order of finish and seedings for Sundays’ Single Elimination playoffs: (seeding among teams tied with 2-1 or 1-2 records determined by runs allowed)

‘”ra” = runs allowed, “rs” = runs scored”, above.

1. Bandits, Pueblo, CO, 3-0, 1 run allowed, 7 runs scored
2. Team Pape Pirates, Walnut Creek, CA, 2-1, 2 ra, 17 rs
3. Taylor Farms California Athletics, 2-1, 5 ra, 11 rs
4. So Cal Tribes, 2-1, 6 ra, 9 rs
5. Bakersfield Silverhawks, 2-1, 8 ra, 22 rs
6. Innovative Communications, UT, 2-1, 12 ra, 12 rs
7. Morongo Hostilez, 2-1, 21 ra, 22 rs
8. Santa Cecelia, Mexicali, Mexico, 1-2 , 6 ra, 5 rs
9. Rude Pac, 1-2, 10 ra, 8 rs
10. Portland CR Rockers, 1-2, 15 ra, 4 rs
11. Maccabi USA, 1-2, 18 ra, 16 rs
12. Beaumont Coyotes, 1-2, 21 ra, 15 rs
13. Tri County Santa Barbara, 1-2, 26 ra, 17 rs
14. Santa Barbara Young Bucks, 1-1*, 13 ra, 12 rs
15. Long Beach Black Sox, 0-3, 15 ra, 2 rs
*Young Bucks played only two games, determined by rule as low seed among teams with one win.

**the first tie breaker for teams with the same record is runs allowed; there were no ties for runs allowed, so the next critieria, runs scored was not utilized in the seeding. We’ve posted the totals anyway.

Playoffs – Sunday, May 31, 2009

All games at Elings except 6 v. 11 and 5 v. 12

4 v. 13, 8am,
So Cal Tribes vs. Tri County Santa Barbara

7 v. 10, 8 am,
Morongo Hostilez v. Portland CR Rockers

2 v. 15, 9:45am
Bay Area Pirates v. Long Beach Black Sox

6 v. 11, 8am, Pershing Park
Innovative Communications UT vs. Maccabi USA

8 v. 9, 8am
Santa Cecelia Mexical, Mexico v. A-1 Rude Pac

3 v. 14, 9:45am
Taylor Farms Calfornia Athletics v. Santa Barbara Young Bucks

5 v. 12, 9:45am Pershing Park
Bakersfield Silverhawks v. Beaumont Coyotes

SECOND ROUND GAMES

9:45am Elings Park
Winner So Cal Tribe/Tri County v. Winner Hostilez/Portland CR Rockers

11;30am Elings Park
Winner Pirates/Black Sox v. Winner Innovative/Maccabi

11:30am
1 v. winner of 8 v. 9
Pueblo Bandits v. Winner Mexical/Rude Pac

11:30am
Winner Taylor Farms/Young Bucks v. Winner Silverhawks/Coyotes

THIRD ROUND – SEMI FINALS

1:15 Elings Park
Winner of second round games

3:00 pm
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

The above schedule is not official – please consult with David Blackburn for the official playoff schedule. We’ll post a bracket when we receive the official one from Dave Blackburn.

Sunday schedule with game numbers after the jump:

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